Sexy older women lured away these chicks' boyfriends. Reading their stories may make you want to sharpen your own claws.

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"When I first met Jared, 28, I thought
he might be The One because he
was such a family guy. We spent a lot
of time with his parents and even
their friends. One of them, a 46-
year-old permatan blond named
Erica, was a coworker of his mom's.
She seemed a little cold, but I
thought maybe she just looked that
way since her Botoxed face rarely
registered expression. Still, I got a
weird feeling when we'd be at a party
together and she'd give Jared these
big, possessive hugs from behind, as
if she were his mom.

"About a year into our relationship,
I got laid off and had to pick up two
jobs — one waiting tables, the other
bartending. When I had to miss an
engagement party for a friend of
Jared's family due to work, he acted
all pouty. I felt bad, so I texted him
sweet messages all night from the bar
but never heard back once.

"When I asked the next day why he
was MIA, he got quiet and, after a
minute or so, broke down in tears. He
said when he saw Erica at the party,
one thing led to another and they
started hooking up in a bathroom. I'd
never felt so humiliated in my life,
and though he
apologized and
sent me flowers,
I couldn't get
over it. Apparently,
the coug's mission
worked: They're now
dating seriously." —Aileen, 23

"I met my boyfriend, Jack, when I was
19 and he was 20, and we dated for a
year before he proposed. A few
months into our engagement, I had
to move to another town for work, so
he began to spend a lot of time with
his best friend, Tony, 25, and Tony's
35-year-old wife, Jess. We all became
good friends...and Jack sometimes
hung out with Jess while I was at work.
Though Jess dressed young and edgy,
I didn't worry because she acted like
a mother figure toward Jack, babying
him whenever he was upset or sick.

"About 13 weeks before the wedding,
Tony came to me with a stricken
look on his face. When I asked what
was wrong, he gave me a big hug and
said, 'You should ask Jack.' Immediately,
my instinct kicked in: Something
was up with Jack and Jess.

"That night, I confronted Jack, and
he denied having an affair...but said
he had fallen in love with Jess! I was
horrified and threw my engagement
ring at him. He insisted that we work
on our relationship, but every time
we'd meet up, he would get a barrage
of calls and texts from Jess. I
asked why she was checking up on
him so much if they weren't in a relationship.
He didn't have an answer.
I broke off all contact with him, and
shortly thereafter, Jess kicked Tony
out of their house, and Jack moved
in. Then six months later, she booted
Jack out too!" —Emily, 23

It's a Jungle Out There

"The entire time I dated Tyson, 19, we
never fought. But after 10 months
together, we had a huge blowup, and he hung up on me. I figured he would
apologize eventually.

"A couple weeks later, I ran into
Tyson at the store where he worked.
After a few minutes of awkward conversation,
a middle-aged woman
walked up and joined in. From the
wrinkles on her face, I figured she was
his mom, so I politely said, 'Hi, Mrs.
Greenfield, it's nice finally to meet
you!' I could tell by the mortified look
on her face that she was not his mama.
Tyson replied, 'Angie, this is my girlfriend,
Carol.' In my mind, we hadn't
even officially broken up! How could
he go for this woman? I was so torn up
that I walked right out of the store and
threw up in the parking lot.

"Six months later, I ran into him,
and he begged to get back together,
though he was still with Carol. I
played along, and he took me to her
house, where he'd been staying. We
hooked up there — hello, payback —
and then I refused to see him again."—Angie, 23

On the Prowl

"A few years ago, my live-in boyfriend,
CJ, started getting calls from another
woman. He said she was just a friend
from way back, so I suggested we invite
her and a few of his other friends to our
place for brunch that weekend.

"That Saturday, a 20-something girl
and guy and a woman who looked to
be 40-something came over. I assumed
the young chick was the
'friend from way back' and the guy
was her boyfriend but couldn't for
the life of me figure out how the
older woman played into this scenario.
I actually ended up chatting
with her because she seemed like the
odd person out...and I felt a little
bad for her because she had caked
on so much makeup to look younger.

"Afterward, they all went out for a
drink, but I didn't feel up to it, so I
stayed home. By midnight, I had yet
to hear from CJ. I tried the woman's
number that I'd seen on our caller ID,
but nobody picked up. When a car
pulled into our driveway at 2 a.m., I
was livid. As CJ stepped out, I saw him
kissing and nibbling on someone...who
turned out to be the older lady! When
he came in, he denied hooking up with
her. But since I'd seen it with my own
eyes, he had to confess. Turns out, he
had met this cougar through a local
phone chat line." —Tanya, 23

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"My 30-year-old boyfriend, Dave,
started a new job about six months into
our relationship. He logged in a lot of
hours but said he didn't mind because
he really liked his boss, an older
woman named Lisa.

"In January, he had to go on a business
trip to Chicago, and he ended up
getting stuck for an extra night because
of bad weather. He mentioned on the
phone that Lisa was also on the trip,
but it didn't raise any red flags. She was
47 — what could she have over me?
"The week after he got back, he confessed
that he'd made a big mistake:
He and Lisa had gotten drunk at the
hotel bar and slept together. I was
shocked but tried to get over it — I do
understand the concept of beer goggles.
But then I found out he'd introduced
her to his friends after the fact.
One of them said, 'She has a great rack,
but don't worry, it's not real.' I broke up
with him the next day." —Sarah, 27

Cougar Skills to Crib: Learn from babes who've been around the block.

Don't play games. "Guys
love older women's confidence
and directness," says
clinical psychologist Nancy
O'Reilly, PsyD, author ofTimeless Women Speak of
Feeling Youthful at Any Age.
"They don't insecurely grill
a man about what he was up
to last night." And cougars
don't create drama, says Ilona
Paris, author of Hot Cougar
Sex. "They're too busy living
their own lives to get caught
up in petty behavior."

Make it clear that you
don't have ulterior motives.
A cougar doesn't depend on
a man for a paycheck or
to father her kids, according
to Valerie Gibson, author ofCougar. And for that reason,
she'll let a guy know she wants
him just for him...and maybe
his body. In a world filled
with husband hunters, this is
music to a man's ears.

Stay in shape. "Older celebs
like Demi Moore prove that
you can look hotter as you
age by working out and dressing
well," says Jeremy Mape,
CEO of UrbanCougar.com. So
while you're downing beers,
remember that somewhere,
a cougar is downward dogging
her way to a slammin' body.
Be uninhibited in bed. "Cougars are more willing to
experiment and aren't shy
about being naked," says Paris.